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PcBuilder's 2003 Tacoma Build

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by PcBuilder14, Dec 21, 2012.

  1. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:38 PM
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    Ya painted mine all black. So I basically have my entire headlight blacked out except the amber reflector.lol
     
  2. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:39 PM
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    Haha same here :cool:

    I still need to change my running light bulb for either an amber bulb or amber led. It looks very white/yellow with my halos and HID's
     
  3. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:41 PM
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    I have some in but they suck so I will be getting new ones real soon. Where you going to get them from?
     
  4. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:44 PM
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    If I just change out my normal ones for orange I'll just pick up some from the local autozone. If I go LED I'll order some from superbrightleds.com
     
  5. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:45 PM
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    Yaa. I like my LEDs
     
  6. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:45 PM
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    I thought there was a way to just change out the led bulb in the halo?
     
  7. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:46 PM
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    Yours are ccfl is just a bulb. The one he uses are LED rings.
     
  8. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:48 PM
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    I didn't realize you put the retro fit in the stock housings. I thought they were full aftermarket.
     
  9. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:49 PM
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    Gotch ya
     
  10. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:49 PM
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    No we retrofitted ours 6upehavu_b49740d12ddf1bbbfaceb2a4e8fc74e25e49679b.jpg
     
  11. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:51 PM
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    Yeah, I want to switch my blinkers to LED but it's a very tight fit with the length of the stock bulbs. I'll have to do some measuring before I order and LEDs
    Nope. CCFL is like old neons on cars. It's essentially a gas. You'll have to completely remove the CCFL halo and install and LED halo
    Nope. Stock housings with a retrofit kit installed in them.
     
  12. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:53 PM
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    Ya same mine are a type fit as well. Oh also where do you have your ground points for the retro?
     
  13. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:54 PM
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    OK. Damn that seems like a huge pain in the ass and a lot of room for screw up.
     
  14. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:55 PM
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    Yes very. Especially an after market housing
     
  15. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:56 PM
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    One ground is directly to the battery, the other is at a bolt that attaches the fender to the body.
    It seems that way, but it's not as bad as many think. Just time consuming. If you still have your stock housings, I suggest you retrofit them with a kit from theretrofitsource.com
     
  16. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:56 PM
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    Well thanks for the input. Glad I found out now rather then later.
     
  17. Jan 6, 2014 at 7:59 PM
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    Naw I sold them. These are my third set of headlights if you count the stock set. If had bad luck with water leaking in. I could have fixed the issues I had with the last set but I don't have an oven to bake them in. Haha
     
  18. Jan 6, 2014 at 8:00 PM
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    I don't have an oven either. I just used a heat gun. took about an hour per headlight.... Haha
     
  19. Jan 6, 2014 at 8:02 PM
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    Yeah I'm not that ambitious yet.
     
  20. Jan 8, 2014 at 5:58 PM
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    Got my custom Bussmann relay/fuse block ordered! Need to order a breaker switch now...
     
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